Skirt-guard for baby-coaches.



PATENTED APR. 9, 1907. M. L. FISKE & .L B. SMITH.

SKIRT GUARD FOR BABY COACHES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9, 1906.

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' 'Epecification of Letters Patent.

' Patented April 9, 19oz.

4 Application filedllbveinbfir $1906. serial No. 342,615.

To. all whom may concern.-

lie it known that we, MARY LrrLm l rsnn and Jnssm Rosie Snrrn, both of Fort Chester, We cheste r county, State of New York, have invented improvement in Skirt- Guards "for Baby-Coaches, of which. the following is a specification. p [a Gui inventionhas reference to guards tor baby-coaches, and consists of certain improvements which are inlly set forth, in the following specification and shown in the ac companymg drawings, whichiorrn a part thereof. y The object of our invent on 18 to provide a suitable construction of wheel-guard which to shield or protect the skirt of the person 'moving the coach from contact with the soiled tires of the rear wheels.

While our invention may be made a per manent partof a baby-coach and applied at the time of manufacture, we prefer in those cases where the guard is to be applied to isting coaches to provide means of adjustment whereby the guard portions for the wheels may be brought into proper correla tion with the rear wheels of the coach.

Our invention consists in a framework extending rearwardly from one of the axles and have. lateral extensions to wl'iichthe wheel guards are attached, whereby shield. the rear wheels.

Gui invention further consists in providingthe framework with a pivoted connection whereby the guards may be permitted to rise tern orarily to prevent their injury when the coac' is being lowered over the curbing.

said guards portion of, the t res of the [Our invention also consists in providing a 'justment to said framework whereby the uards may be adjusted nearer to or farther ibom the axles to suit wheels of diiiere'nt diameters.

" Similarly, our invention also consists in providing the frame with a trai'isvcrse justment whereby the two guards may be adjusted nearer together or farther apart to stood by re suit different gages tracked by the wheels.

Our invent-ion also comprehends details of construction which, together with the features above s ecified, will be better underidrence to the drawings, in ii hi'ch Figure 1 is a pers ective view of our improvement detacher from a carria Fig.

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wheel of the coach; and Fig. 3 is-a side clove-- ion illustrating the application of our invention and with the coach inact of crossing a curbing.

A is the coach, of any suitable construction. 0 the rear wheels thereof, and B the rear arse.

i D are two clam s, each consistin of two plates D D inc osin the axle and clamped in place by he ts d d. The 11 per tend forward of the axle.

E E are arms hinged at e e to the plates D D and extend backward above the axle. These arms E E are secured to lates E E by clamping-screws F F and slots slots are preferably in the arms E E. This mode of connection of the arms E' and plates. E gives extensibility, and the structures constitute adjustable arms E E. The end of the plates E are flanged, and to these flanges are bolted at H H the angle-iron bars G and G which together form a transverse bar G, carrying at the ends the wheel-guards J J. The bars G G overlap and are connected by an adjustable joint com rising the slot 1'. in the bar G and clam ingb tending through the slot an the other bar i In this way the length of the transverse bar G ma T. be adjusted to move the guards nearer or arther apart to suit the gage of the coach.

,The lower ends K .of the guards may be bent rearwardly, so as to form feet to strike the curbing L when the coaclris bein lowered to the roadway, as indicated in ig. 3. in this case the guards with their supportingframes will swin upward about pivots e e and not, be bro en when the feet K are brought into contact with the curb by the lowering of the coach over it.

y the adjustable features of the arms E E the guards may be adjusted to or from the axles to suit wheels of different diameters. evident that when providing these guards to coaches at time of manufacture the adjustable features F F and -I I, or either of them, may be omitted.

Bypivoting the arms E in advance of the axle they may be supported against down- The I ward movement by the axle, but at all times have capacity to swing u ward.

The forms of clamps D may be varied the axle and supporting at its rear part the guard and extensihlmso as to'adjust the the axle and supporting and otherwise the details of construction may be modified without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having now described our invention, what we claim as new, -and desire to secure by Letters Patent, Ly-

l. A wheel-guard for coaches consisting of a guard for the wheel, COIIIbiILd with a part clamped to the axle, and a frame jointed to the part clamped to the axle in advance of at its rear part the guard.

2. A wheel-guard for coaches consisting of a guard for the wheel, combined with. a part clamped to the axle, and a frame jointed to the part clamped to the axle in advance of guardnearer to or farther from the axle 3. A wheel-guard for coaches consistingof a-gnard for the wheel, coinhined with a part clamped to the axle, and a frame jointed to the part clamped to the axle in advance of the axle and supporting at its rear part the guard, said frame consisting of the hinge-arm E, the

. plate E adjnstahly clamped to the arm. E,-

and the transverse bar G connecting the plate E and guard.

4. In a wheel-guard for coaches, the comloination of afraine hinged to the axle of the coach and extending rearwardly with tree doin of upward movement at its rear or free. part but supported against downward novement, and wheel-guards at each side of the frame and carried thereby in alineinent with the wheels.

' senses 5. In a wheel-guard for coaches, the'cor'nbination of the guard, an extensible hinged I arm carrying the guard and-hinged to the axle of the coach with freedom of upward movement at its rear or free end but supported against downward movement.

6. Ina wheehguard for coaches, the guard J having the lower portion K bent backward to form a foot at its bottom, combined with a hinged arm supporting the guard with free dom of upward motion.

7. In awheel-guard'for coaches,the combination of the transverse bar-carrying the two guards, two hinge arrns carrying the transverse bar, and clamps for attachment to the axle and to which the arms are hinged.

8. In a wheelgnard: iior coaches, the combination of the transverse bar carrying the two guards, twol extensible hinge-arms carrying the transverse bar, and clamps for at taehment to the axle and to which the arms are hinged. I

9. In a wheel-guard for coaches, the comhination of the extensible transverse bar car- MARY L. FESKE. JESSIE B. SMITH.

Witnesses:

J. W. DLEHL, @150. A. S'LUDWELL. 

